Luke 8:1-3
Jack Gill
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One of the more difficult issues we struggle with has to do with suffering and the Christian. How do we account for it? We know that, “…if God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom 8:31). However, we can often feel as though God is either strangely absent or perhaps even directly opposed to us. From Paul’s numerous statements in Scripture, we understand that any Christian who chooses to live for the gospel will find persecution. To a world that has consistently shown itself hostile to the message, anyone who proclaims that gospel can expect the same treatment even now. (more…)
Last month I began to look at what the Bible has to say about suffering and the Christian. We looked briefly at how Jesus suffered, as well as the Acts account of Paul’s suffering. This month, I want to look at what Paul taught to Christians about this difficult subject. (more…)